Sign up for a Mental Health First Aid Training!

As part of the City's ThriveNYC initiative, the NYC Health Department is offering free Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training to all New Yorkers. This is an eight hour training offered seven days a week in all five boroughs.

MHFA is a groundbreaking public education program that teaches the skills needed to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental health and substance abuse challenges and crises. Enroll in a course near you below.

Groups interested in private trainings may sign up here. Individuals should select a training below to see upcoming dates.

These events are sponsored by NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

ThriveNYC is New York City’s plan to change the way New Yorkers think about mental health and substance use disorders, and the way the City delivers services. ThriveNYC is an unprecedented strategy and set of 54 initiatives by the City to approach mental health as a comprehensive public health challenge, to change the conversation and stigma surrounding mental illness and provide greater access to mental health care. Visit the Thrive website for more information!